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Arab Spring

Jan 27, 2021

The unlikely success of Egypt’s 2011 revolution: A revived women’s movement

By Sara Khorshid

What distinguishes the past decade from other parts of contemporary Egyptian history is the growing interest in women’s rights among broader segments of Egyptian society, including non-ideological women with little to no experience in political or social activism. This has occurred despite the general oppressive atmosphere that has cast a dark shadow over the January 25th revolution and its memory.

Middle East North Africa

NATO 20/2020

Jan 26, 2021

Christen a carrier strike group: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Michael John Williams

Using the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales as its backbone, a NATO carrier strike group is an opportunity for high-end interoperability under European leadership.

Europe & Eurasia Maritime Security

empowerME Conversations

Jan 26, 2021

Double Vision

By Atlantic Council

In Season 1, Episode 3 of empowerME Conversations podcast, host Amjad Ahmad interviews eyewa Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Anass Boumediene and Mehdi Oudghiri about the mindset that will create more entrepreneurs in the Middle East, policy changes that will lead to more unicorns, the acceleration of online payments and e-commerce, and new technologies that will soon replace in-person fitting rooms and eye tests.

Economy & Business Middle East
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Jan 26, 2021

#AlertaVenezuela: January 26, 2021

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

An anti-Maduro video garnered thousands of views after claiming that Maduro had been ousted from power, betrayed by Maduro’s U.S. diplomat Alex Saab.

Disinformation Venezuela

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Jan 26, 2021

#7: Establish A Cybersecurity Alliance

By: Safa Shahwan Edwards What is the kernel of the issue? While existing security alliances, such as NATO, have been retrofitted to include cybersecurity, disruptive technologies and the rise of digital governance highlight the need for a new kind of alliance—a cybersecurity alliance. Why is the issue important? The United States engages in military alliances […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2021

How climate change can become a bipartisan issue in the Biden era

By Larry Luxner

Fighting climate change should not become a partisan issue, said US Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware who co-chairs the fourteen-member Bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Jan 25, 2021

#6: End US Strategic Ambiguity Policy Regarding Taiwan

By: Sarah Kirchberger What is the kernel of the issue? Strategic US ambiguity on the Taiwan issue has run its course. This risks the United States’ ability to sustain deterrence in the face of an increasingly belligerent China. Why is the issue important? As Zbigniew Brzezinski outlined in “The Grand Chessboard,” it is in US […]

IranElections2021

Jan 25, 2021

Iran’s hardliners think Biden might hurt their June presidential election strategy

By Saeid Jafari

Hardliners had hoped that Donald Trump’s re-election would help them to oust the reformist and moderate candidates in June’s presidential election. Now hardliners are concerned that the new US administration will destroy their plans.

Iran Middle East

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Jan 24, 2021

#5: Develop A National Investment Plan

By Harlan Ullman

What is the kernel of the issue? A COVID-relief and infrastructure funding plan are insufficient to power an economic renaissance. A National Investment Fund would do so. Why is the issue important? The post-pandemic economy must be rebuilt and restructured for the 21st century. Following the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu Pandemic, the U.S. entered the greatest economic boom […]

Inflection Points

Jan 24, 2021

It’s Joe Biden’s America, but could it be Xi Jinping’s world?

By Frederick Kempe

As Joe Biden’s presidency enters its first one hundred days, he can’t take his eyes off Xi Jinping's efforts to leverage the anniversary of the first one hundred years of the CCP’s power. Biden faces a wide array of international challenges, but this contest will be the one that will define his place in history—and whether democracy or authoritarianism will be the ascendant system for the future.

China Elections

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